Après la pluie (After the Rain)
1873 or 1874 (reworked 1877)
Medium
etching, drypoint, and aquatint in black-brown on cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.7 x 15.9 cm (4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 15.7 x 23.1 cm (6 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.29
About the Artist
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1847–1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...